“I Can’t Get Started” Dizzy Gillespie Sextet/1945

Recording Information

Recording MusicBrainz ID (MBID) 24fe0c12-91a4-435b-9282-634526e562c7
Time Signature 4/4
Key C
Duration 186.16 s
Tuning 447.01 Hz
Recording Dates 1945-01-09 - 1945-01-09
Composer(s) Vernon Duke

Line-up

trombone Trummy Young
double bass Oscar Pettiford
piano Clyde Hart
trumpet Dizzy Gillespie
tenor saxophone Don Byas
drums (drum set) Shelly Manne

Symbolic Staistics From Annotation

Number of Chord Segments 70
Mean BPM 58.3369144822
Mean Harmonic Rhythm 2.442857142857143
Chord Usage Summary
Chord Beats Number Beats % Duration (seconds) Duration %
maj 39 21.546961326 39.79 21.374086807
min 34 18.7845303867 34.36 18.4572410829
dom 80 44.1988950276 82.3 44.2092823378
hdim7 18 9.94475138122 18.41 9.88934250107
dim 0 0.0 0 0.0
N 10 5.52486187845 11.3 6.07004727116
unclassified 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Top Bigrams

(see Bigram in glossary)

../_images/i_cant_get_started-1.png

Top N-grams

(see N-gram in glossary)

../_images/i_cant_get_started-2.png

Source Annotation

i_cant_get_started.json

{
  "tuning": 447.01, 
  "artist": "Dizzy Gillespie Sextet", 
  "title": "I Can't Get Started", 
  "metre": "4/4", 
  "sandbox": {
   "path": "$JAZZ_HARMONY_DATA_ROOT//SmithsonianCollectionOfClassicJazz/Volume 3/10 - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet - I Can't Get Started.flac", 
   "transcriptions": [],
   "key":"C"
  }, 
  "mbid": "24fe0c12-91a4-435b-9282-634526e562c7", 
  "duration": 186.16,
  "parts":
  [
    {
        "name":"Intro",
        "beats":[
        0.67, 1.69, 2.63, 3.63, 4.66, 5.66, 6.59, 7.63, 8.62, 9.59, 10.6, 11.61, 12.66, 13.7, 14.68, 15.76,
16.69, 17.66, 18.66, 19.57, 20.55, 21.59, 22.69, 23.71, 24.79, 25.8, 26.75, 27.77, 28.78, 29.84, 30.82, 31.89
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|F:maj7 |F:min7 Bb:7 |Eb:maj7 |Ab:(3,b7,#11) |F:7 |Ab:min7 C#:7 |G:hdim7 |C:maj6 N N N |"
        ]
    },
    {
        "name":"Head - AABA",
        "beats":[
        32.97, 34.09, 35.15, 36.16, 37.17, 38.26, 39.23, 40.32, 41.3, 42.33, 43.38, 44.4, 45.44, 46.48, 47.5, 48.54,
49.57, 50.61, 51.6, 52.63, 53.64, 54.7, 55.66, 56.72, 57.7, 58.74, 59.74, 60.79, 61.77, 62.77, 63.81, 64.84,
65.89, 66.93, 67.91, 68.96, 70.01, 71.03, 72.06, 73.07, 74.12, 75.22, 76.26, 77.24, 78.3, 79.35, 80.42, 81.4,
82.46, 83.46, 84.48, 85.48, 86.52, 87.52, 88.5, 89.52, 90.53, 91.54, 92.56, 93.57, 94.56, 95.59, 96.61, 97.66,
98.65, 99.66, 100.72, 101.76, 102.82, 103.85, 104.92, 105.97, 106.95, 107.96, 108.99, 109.98, 111.01, 112.03, 113.06, 114.07,
115.06, 116.13, 117.14, 118.18, 119.26, 120.27, 121.32, 122.33, 123.33, 124.32, 125.37, 126.4, 127.37, 128.4, 129.43, 130.45,
131.49, 132.54, 133.59, 134.63, 135.66, 136.69, 137.74, 138.8, 139.86, 140.86, 141.86, 142.94, 143.99, 145.03, 146.08, 147.13,
148.19, 149.26, 150.27, 151.35, 152.35, 153.38, 154.4, 155.42, 156.49, 157.5, 158.55, 159.64, 160.67, 161.67, 162.76, 163.77,
164.77, 165.75, 166.81, 167.92, 168.97, 170.0, 171.02, 172.12, 173.15, 174.15, 175.14, 176.12, 177.15, 178.11, 179.07, 180.0,
180.85, 181.74, 182.66, 183.52
        ],
        "chords":
        [
            "|C:maj7 A:min7 |D:min7 G:7 |E:7 Eb:7 |D:7 Db:7 |C:maj7 A:7 |D:hdim7 G:(3,5,b7,b9) |E:7 A:7 |D:hdim7 G:(3,b5,b7,b9) |",
            "|C:maj7 A:min7 |D:min7 G:7 |E:7 Eb:7 |D:7 Db:7 |C:maj7 A:min7 |D:hdim7 G:(3,5,b7,b9) |C:maj6 |C:maj6 |",
            "|E:min7 A:7 |E:min7 A:7 |D:maj7 D:maj6 |D:maj7 D:maj6 |D:min7 G:7 |D:min7 G:7 |C:maj7 A:7 |D:7 G:7 |",
            "|C:maj7 A:min7 |D:min7 G:7 |E:7 Eb:7 |D:7 Db:7 |C:maj7 A:7 |D:min7 G:(3,5,b7,b9) |E:hdim7 |A:7 |D:hdim7 |G:7 |N |Bb:min7 E:min7 |E:min7 N |"
        ]
    }
  ]
 }